https://vo.rs/tags/belgian/Latest from the Belgian desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000https://vo.rs/story/speculoos-with-brown-sugar-and-spice/<p>Speculoos are the thin, spiced, caramel-brown biscuits you get on the saucer beside a coffee across Belgium and the Netherlands, and they are the biscuit that was quietly ground into a paste and sold as a spread until half the world was addicted. Made at home they are far better than any packet, snapping cleanly and tasting of dark sugar and warm spice. The traditional recipe uses soft brown sugar for colour and chew, and my one change is to brown the butter first. Cooking the butter until its milk solids toast to a deep gold adds a nutty, caramel undertone that echoes the dark sugar and makes an already deep biscuit taste even more roasted and complex.</p>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000